How can you become stronger if you don't build up bonds?

"Don't move! Back off!"

"Don't force me, don't force me—!!!"

Papf roared at everyone with all his might.

The change came so suddenly and quickly that no one present had time to react.

His Highness Lin Wei has been taken hostage!

Papf Fisher actually dared to attack Prince Linwei.

When this scene unfolded, everyone, including Papf's trusted henchmen, instantly realized one fact—

Papf is guilty.

He betrayed the army, betrayed his country, and even... betrayed the human race!

At that moment, all the soldiers' eyes were bloodshot, and they wished they could rush forward and tear him to pieces.

"Pavl!!"

With a roar from Duke Eugene, the archers drew their bows to their limit, their targets all focused on one point—Papf's head.

"Duke Eugene! You really dare to bet with me? Are you betting whether my dagger is faster, or your arrow is faster—!!"

Papf had completely descended into madness; years of survival anxiety had forged his extreme will to live.

I cannot die here!

I still have a chance...

As long as I can escape to Reno, my two sons are still waiting for me there!!!

"Are Chris, put down your gun and step back—!!"

After confronting Duke Eugene, Papf turned his attention to Aray, who was the closest and greatest threat to him.

"I know you are very strong, and I also know that you have the mysterious protection bestowed upon you by Lin Wei!"

But your gun speed can't beat my dagger, I guarantee it—!

Papf moved the dagger horizontally, its sharp tip, reflecting the firelight, just an inch away from Lin Wei's temple.

Aray was forced to retreat to Eugene's side.

"And to those mages lurking in the shadows, I warn you to abandon all such thoughts. Any impulsive act on your part will make you sinners against Wallis!!"

After dismissing everyone around him, Bapf finally turned his attention back to Lin Wei, who was powerless to resist in front of him.

"I advise you not to have any wicked thoughts. In this situation, no matter how strong your protective power is, you absolutely cannot escape from my grasp!"

"Yes, you're right. So, what are you going to do next?"

Lin Weina's calm and composed attitude disgusted Bapf from the bottom of his heart.

Papf paused for a few seconds, as if trying his best to analyze the way out at this moment.

"Let a pastor heal me! Now, right now! Get the best pastor!"

Papf's mind was still relatively clear, and the better his condition was at the moment, the greater his chances of successfully escaping from this place.

Zoreni, dressed in a black cloak, stepped out. Without saying a word, she immediately began chanting a healing spell.

A holy white light flashed, and Papf confirmed that the cloaked priest was not playing any tricks.

His various wounds began to heal, and the bleeding from his most severely injured shoulder stopped rapidly.

Lin Wei had already activated his card selection ability on Papf and was monitoring Papf's data panel in real time.

Bapf is level 41 with a maximum HP of just over 7000. His previous battle with Are caused him to lose about 2000 HP.

His bond attribute only includes "warrior", and his "admiration" for Lin Wei is a very direct 0.

The treatment took about ten minutes, and Pavf was back to full health.

"So, what's your plan next?" Lin Wei asked proactively.

"Send me to the border!"

Which border?

"Rino!"

"And then you let me go?"

Papf hesitated briefly, but immediately recalled Aray Chris's past examples of cross-border pursuit and annihilation.

"Impossible! You have the Giant Wind Eagle, how could I possibly release you at the border?!"

"Then you tell me, when is the safest time to put it out?"

Papf fell silent. When the crucial point of the giant wind eagle came to mind, he couldn't think of any way to escape for the time being.

"The moment you leave me behind without enough fighting power in Reno will be the moment you face a joint pursuit by Ale and Zoreni."

Against a super-fast mount like the Giant Wind Eagle, your escape is pointless.

Moreover, you can't beat either Ale or Zoreni in a one-on-one fight, let alone them working together.

In conclusion, you can neither defeat them nor escape them; there is no solution to this situation.

Lin Wei continued to calmly analyze the situation for him, and with each sentence he spoke, Papf's expression grew increasingly grim.

But in the eyes of the countless people around who were anxious to save him, Lin Wei's calm and proactive attitude in the face of a life-threatening situation gradually calmed their anxiety and gave them confidence to rescue him.

"Are you threatening me?!"

Lin Wei chuckled faintly: "Just stating the facts."

"Think quickly. Your injuries can be healed by the priest, but your physical strength and energy cannot be restored. The longer it drags on, the worse it will be for you."

"Shut up! You think you can force me to surrender with these tricks? Don't even think about it!"

Bapf was once again enraged by Lin Wei.

Lin Wei calmly closed his eyes and, as Papf had instructed, remained silent.

Time passed second by second, and Papf kept coming up with ideas and solutions, only to have them constantly rejected and extinguished by him.

He had to admit that Lin Wei was right.

Any escape plan is useless; the moment he and Lin Wei are separated is the moment his life countdown begins.

Any attempt to intervene with magic is futile; he is merely a warrior without the ability to cast spells, and using magical items provided by the enemy will only create countless variables.

Despair began to erode his mind little by little, as Papf could feel his condition deteriorating under such intense pressure.

There must be a certain point in time when the enemy in front of him will make a move.

What awaits him then is utter ruin.

"Give me your blessing! A blessing even stronger than the one on Biaray Chris!" Bapf suddenly tightened his grip on Lin Wei's neck and shouted like a madman.

"I can't do it." Lin Wei's answer was quite brief.

"Why can't you do it?!"

"You cannot meet any of the conditions for blessing."

"Then I'll kill you and we'll die together! My life, Papf Fisher, is worth it to trade for yours, Linwei Kreddy's!!" Papf's rationality was rapidly fading away.

"stop!!"

Eugene, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly erupted.

"Papf, I am now issuing you an ultimatum! Surrender and I will only kill you, sparing your family!"

But if you dare to lay a finger on Lin Wei, I will swear a blood oath in the name of the Kreddy family to execute every single one of your relatives in this world, so that your souls will never find peace in hell!!!

Eugene's final deterrent failed.

Papf not only didn't hesitate to act, but became even more hysterical because of the threat:

"Then go ahead and do it!"

Bapf put all his strength into the dagger in his right hand, intending to pierce Lin Wei's brain in one go!

"No—" Eugene's heart-wrenching scream came from ahead.

But what was completely out of place with this heart-wrenching wail was the utterly absurd scene before his eyes.

Papf's face turned bright red, and the muscles in his right arm bulged, but the dagger in his hand could only tremble in place, unable to pierce Lin Wei's skin even a little bit.

At the same time, Lin Wei's still vibrant voice calmly rang out:

"Papf, do you think you can kill me?"